Table 5 Inpatient Mortality, Tracheostomy, Length of Stay, and Total Charge by Race and Ethnicity
From: The impact of obesity on ventilator-associated pneumonia, a US nationwide study
Outcomes | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific | Native American | Other | p value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Obese group | Control group | Obese group | Control group | Obese group | Control group | Obese group | Control group | Obese group | Control group | Obese group | Control group | Obese group | Control group |
Mortality, no. (%) | 15 (7) | 159 (8.7) | 20 (16) | 81 (7.4) | 4 (16) | 41 (8.51) | 0 (0) | 15 (8.57) | 0 (0) | 10 (28.5) | 0 (0) | 30 (12) | 0.7 | 0.41 |
Tracheostomy, no. (%) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.27) | 5 (4.17) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (2) | 0.7 | 0.29 |
Length of stay (days) | 11.9 | 10.8 | 12.79 | 11.6 | 9.6 | 12 | 13.5 | 10.57 | - | 8.2 | Â | |||
Total Charge ($) | 161,861 | 144,738 | 169,480 | 136,823 | 123,915 | 179,374 | 517,097 | 163,010 | - | 125,665 | Â | |||